"Marseille made me an offer," Barton told L'Equipe. "I can't say I'm indispensable! But it is also a recognition of my attitude every day.

"We'll talk with Vincent [Labrune, president]. I have a two-year contract with QPR which complicates everything. Otherwise, I would not even be asking the question.

"I also have more financially attractive offers in the Premier League, but I'd rather stay here. Money is not a problem. At QPR I get £70,000 per week, here it's between £100,000 and £130,000 per month.

"But all I know is that Marseille supported me when no-one else did, and that is worth more than money.

"I think QPR will let me go. The say the opposite, obviously, but there will not be compensation. There is a clause in the contract I signed that says if Marseille wnat to keep me, they will not have to pay a transfer fee. QPR deny this clause exists.

"I [would] find it hard to return to QPR. They dropped me when I had my suspension. It would be like going back to a girl who cheated on you. How can I wear the QPR shirt?

"The Premier League is very different. In England, you play against the best players in the world every week. In France, no disrespect, I do not know most of the players I play against."